beyond

Definitions

1. 1.At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope.
2. 2.Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.
3. 3.In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. "Beyond expectation." Barrow. Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney. Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. -- To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thess. iv.
4. 4.Further away; at a distance; yonder. Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is at a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope called?
• What is past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength called?
• What is further away; at a distance; yonder. Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser called?